The handbook on socially interactive agents : 20 years of research on embodied conversational agents, intelligent virtual agents, and social robotics. Volume 1, Methods, behavior, cognition /

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Other Authors Lugrin, Birgit (Editor), Pelachaud, Catherine (Editor), Traum, David R. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published [New York, NY] : Association for Computing Machinery; [2021]
EditionFirst edition.
SeriesACM books ; #37.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781450387231
9781450387224
9781450387200
9781450387217
ISSN2374-6777 ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction to Socially Interactive Agents
  • 1.1 Potential of SIAs
  • 1.2 Terminology
  • 1.3 Origin and Embodiment
  • 1.4 Purpose of the Book
  • 1.5 Structure of the Book
  • 1.6 Further Readings
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • PART I ESTABLISHING SIA RESEARCH.
  • 2 Empirical Methods in the Social Science for Researching Socially Interactive Agents
  • 2.1 Motivation
  • 2.2 Models and Approaches
  • 2.3 Research Tools
  • 2.4 Current Challenges
  • 2.5 Future Directions
  • 2.6 Summary
  • 2.A Appendix A
  • References
  • 3 Social Reactions to Socially Interactive Agents and Their Ethical Implications
  • 3.1 Motivation
  • 3.2 Models and Approaches
  • 3.3 History/Overview
  • 3.4 Similarities and Differences in IVAs and SRs
  • 3.5 Current Challenges
  • 3.6 Future Directions
  • 3.7 Summary
  • References
  • PART II APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR.
  • 4 Appearance
  • 4.1 Why Appearance?
  • 4.2 History
  • 4.3 Design
  • 4.4 Features
  • 4.5 Summary
  • References
  • 5 Natural Language Understanding in Socially Interactive Agents
  • 5.1 Natural Language Understanding in Interactive Agents
  • 5.2 NLU and Interactive Virtual Agent Features
  • 5.3 Developing NLU
  • 5.4 NLU and Interaction Modalities
  • 5.5 NLU Induction From Examples
  • 5.6 The NLU Usability Paradox
  • 5.7 Context
  • 5.8 Conclusions
  • References
  • 6 Building and Designing Expressive Speech Synthesis
  • 6.1 Introduction and Motivation
  • 6.2 Expressive Speech-A Working Definition
  • 6.3 Building Expressive Synthesis
  • 6.4 Fundamental Considerations When Designing Expressive Agents
  • 6.5 Current Challenges and Future Directions in Expressive Synthesis
  • 6.6 Summary
  • References
  • 7 Gesture Generation
  • 7.1 The Importance of Gesture in Social Interaction
  • 7.2 Models and Approaches
  • 7.3 Similarities and Differences in Intelligent Virtual Agents and Social Robots
  • 7.4 Current Challenges
  • 7.5 Future Directions
  • 7.6 Summary
  • References
  • 8 Multimodal Behavior Modeling for Socially Interactive Agents
  • 8.1 Motivation
  • 8.2 Nonverbal Behavior Representation
  • 8.3 Models and Approaches
  • 8.4 History/Overview
  • 8.5 Databases
  • 8.6 Similarities and Differences in IVAs and SRs
  • 8.7 Current and Future Challenges
  • 8.8 Summary and Conclusion
  • References
  • PART III SOCIAL COGNITION-MODELS AND PHENOMENA.
  • 9 Theory of Mind and Joint Attention
  • 9.1 Social Cognitive Neuroscience and SIA
  • 9.2 Theory of Mind and Joint Attention-Crucial Mechanisms of Social Cognition
  • 9.3 Theory of Mind in Artificial Agents
  • 9.4 Modeling Social Cognition
  • 9.5 Comparison of IVAs and SRs
  • 9.6 Current Challenges
  • References
  • 10 Emotion
  • 10.1 Motivation
  • 10.2 Computational Models and Approaches
  • 10.3 History/Overview
  • 10.4 Similarities and Differences in IVAs and SRs
  • 10.5 Current Challenges and Future Directions
  • 10.6 Summary
  • References
  • 11 Empathy and Prosociality in Social Agents
  • 11.1 Motivation
  • 11.2 Concepts and Framework
  • 11.3 Models and Architectures to Build Empathy and Prosociality
  • 11.4 Empathy and Prosociality in the Interaction with SIAs
  • 11.5 Toward Prosociality in Populations with SIAs
  • 11.6 Summary and Current Challenges
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 12 Rapport Between Humans and Socially Interactive Agents
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Rapport Theory
  • 12.3 History and Overview of Rapport Agents
  • 12.4 Empirical Findings
  • 12.5 Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • 13 Culture for Socially Interactive Agents 13.1 Motivation
  • 13.2 Theories and Approaches
  • 13.3 History
  • 13.4 Evaluation of SIAs That are Based on Cultural Information
  • 13.5 Role of Embodiment
  • 13.6 Current Challenges
  • 13.7 Future Perspectives
  • 13.8 Summary
  • References